holy
family journy
“Blessed be
EGYPT My People" (Isaiah 19:25)
Take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt,
and be thou there until I bring
thee word" (Matthew 2:13 -
KJV)
"Out of Egypt
I called my son" (Hosea 11:1
- RSV)
"The burden of
Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon
a swift cloud, and shall come into
Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall
be moved at his presence, and the
heart of Egypt shall melt in the
midst of it." (Isaiah 19:1
- KJV)
"In that day
shall there be an altar to the LORD
in the midst of the land of Egypt,
and a pillar at the border thereof
to the LORD." (Isaiah 19:19
- KJV)
"As the morning
passeth, so hath the king of Israel
Israel was
a child, and I loved him: and I
called my son out of Egypt."
- Osee 11:1
" ... behold
an angel of the Lord appeared in
sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise,
and take the child and his mother,
and fly into Egypt: and be there
until I shall tell thee. For it
will come to pass that Herod will
seek the child to destroy him. Who
arose, and took the child and his
mother by night, and retired into
Egypt: and he was there until the
death of Herod: That it might be
fulfilled which the Lord spoke by
the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt
have I called my son." - Matthew
2:13-15
THE HOLY FAMILY
IN EGYPT MAP
(Click to enlarge)
According to the Scripture, Jesus
Christ lived in Palestine, and the
only other country he travelled
to (as a young child) was Egypt.
The Holy Family, throughout their
stay in Egypt, which lasted for
about three-and-half years, moved
through many towns in Upper and
Lower Egypt.
Many of the details of the journey
of the Holy Family in Egypt are
chronicled in a Mimar (manuscript)
by Pope Theophilus, 23rd Patriarch
of Alexandria (384-412 A.D.), who
received these details during an
apparition of the Holy Virgin Mary.
Other sources of information include
accounts by 2nd and 3rd century
Greek and Jewish writers/philosophers/historians.
Many churches and monasteries were
built in the locations which have
been blessed by the visit of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Virgin
Mary, and St. Joseph the carpenter.
Many miracles took place in these
locations during the Holy Family
visit 2000 years ago (and continue
to occur to this day). These Coptic
churches are considered the oldest
and among the holiest of all churches
in Christendom.
Among the places visited by the
Holy Family are Zeitun in Cairo,
where the Holy Virgin Mary also
appeared in 1968, and Assiut in
Upper Egypt, where She again appeared
in 2000.
In one small street in el-Matarya
district of today's Cairo (Eid Street/Shek
El-Te'eban Street), all kinds of
bread and bakery cannot be leavened
up to this day, since the Virgin
Mary first visited that place with
the Holy Family 2000 years ago and
they were refused bread and cast
away. This is an ongoing miracle
that anyone can witness till this
very day. Bread leavens normally
in all surrounding streets.
The following Web sites and resources
will help the interested reader
explore the journey of
Cairo District
& Surroundings:-
-Ain Shams. " eremiah , The
apocryphal gospel of Pseudo Mathew".
-Matareya. "Mary’s Tree’.
-Zeitun.
-Zeweila Alley.
-El Ezbaweya.
-The Area of Old Cairo.
-Babylon."the Fortress of Babylon
(Old Cairo, 15, pyramids of Giza,
palm tree at Giza,Qasr Al Sham,The
Hanging Church"
-Maady."suburb of Maady, Memphis,
Adaweya’, the Virgin’s
Church ‘of the Ferry’"
-Ashnein." Garnus Monastery,
Egypt Delta " north Egypt
“
-Tal Basta. " The Coptic
Synaxar –"
-Mostorod. " Al-Mahmma "
-Belbeis. " Mary Tree, Osman
El-Haress El-Ansari Mosque, Wadi
Tumilat "
-Meniet samanoud.
-Sakha " bishop Zacharias of
Sakhâ, Burullus, Bikha Isus
"
-Wadi El Natroun. " Al Asqeet
, Natrun monasteries,
Sinai "North
Sinai"
-Rafah.
-Al Arish.
-Farma.
Minia “ The Middle Egypt
“
-Bahnassa. " Abai Issous,
-Samalout.
-Gabal El Tair. " the Monastery
of the Virgin, Meadeyat Beni Khaled,
Nazlet-Ebeid and the New Minia Bridge.
-Hermapolis / Al Ashmoounein Town
– Mallawy. " Dairout
Al-Sharif, Gabal (Mount) Qussqam.
-Daurout Um Makhla.
-Beer El Sahaba.
-Kom Maria.
Assiut "The Middle Egypt"
-Tal Amarna.
-Daurout.
-Qoussia.
-Meir.
-Monastery of Moharraq.
